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Project Manager Wanted: Leeds
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Production Department in Leeds. We have seen continued growth during 2012 and this necessary appointment will boost efficiency and organisation within...
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Yorkshire Business Conferences!
We are really pleased to announce our exhibiting at the Yorkshire Business Conferences this year and really excited about the prospect of promoting our services right across our region. The Yorkshire...
View ArticleNew Team Member: London
We are pleased to announce a new team member based in London. Kat joins the team as an Account Manager and she will be responsible for managing existing London accounts and working on new business in...
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The Law Has Changed: Cookies
Cookies are small files that are used by website owners to speed up the user experience, it’s something we all live with as website users, if cookies didn’t exist the fluidity of our internet use would...
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SEO: Onsite vs. Offsite
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the process of helping a website to rank well on the search indices. It is the process of showing the search engines that a website is relevant to those people who...
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People Talk: The Importance of Reviews
Customer reviews (summarised by star ratings on websites) have always been one of the most important factors in influencing buying decisions, because we trust in someone elses buying experience more...
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WBC 2012: Our Exhibition Experience
Ascensor Web Design went on the road yesterday, exhibiting at the first of Hillrich’s Yorkshire Business Conferences at the Cedar Court hotel in Wakefield. We turned up with our custom built space-only...
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BiY: Ascensor join as Associates
Ascensor have become an Associate of the Brand Yorkshire business support network BiY. Brand Yorkshire has more than 15,000 members across the region and provides a variety of business support tools...
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Share – Yorkshire Business Networking
Ascensor are members of the Share Network, an exclusive group of Yorkshire based business owners who meet every other Tuesday. Each meeting takes place at a different member’s offices, giving the host an…
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Our SEO Competition Winners!
Work has now begun on the web marketing of Copiserv who won our 3 months of SEO competition at the recent Wakefield Business Conference. The prize, worth more than £960 for search engine optimisation…
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Copiserv – Amazing SEO Results in 2 weeks!
Not wanting to count our chickens, blow our own trumpet or any other catch-phrase… but, the signs look better than good for the winners of our 3 months of SEO competition drawn at the…
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The Penguin: SEO Update
Well, what a few weeks it’s been for many website owners! If your website has slid down the rankings in the last week then there is a pretty strong chance that your website has been pulled up as part of…
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4 Week SEO Update – Copiserv
After completing the first month of the 3 months of SEO won by Copiserv at our Wakefield exhibition in April, we’ve got some awesome results to report: …
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The Business Show Report
After a brilliant 2 days exhibiting in London the real work begins in following up on all of the leads that were generated. As always…
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New Team Members: Leeds
We are pleased to welcome Sarah into our Design Team to further strengthen the capacity within our creative department. Sarah is a self-taught web designer and has started work this month. We are also...
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SEO Demystified – Seminar Summary
This is a summary of the ‘SEO Demystified: It’s not rocket science’ seminar hosted at the Great British Business Show, Excel 2012. Search Engine Optimisation is one of the most cost-effective,...
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Google+ Local: what is it?
Google+ is Google’s social networking platform and until recently it was only available to individuals, providing another social network and introducing the idea of contact circles to define levels of...
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Bradford Business Conference
Ascensor exhibited at last week’s Bradford Business Conference, part of Hillrich’s Yorkshire Business Conferences, at the Abundant Life Centre. Being based on the border of Bradford, the exhibition was...
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Google Mobile Analytics
Google Analytics, used to provide data within Ascensor Analytics™ is the staple analytics software, it’s free and when used effectively is a vital tool for a small business website owner to measure...
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Race The Sun 2012
As well as providing complimentary web services to local charities we like to take part in challenges to raise funds for charities directly as part of our CSR contribution. This year Ascensor’s MD...
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SEO vs Local
When should you be looking to invest in Search Engine Optimisation and when is it best to consider Google+ Local Optimisation? SEO is the practice of achieving strong positions within the organic...
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Choosing an SEO Agency
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the process of helping websites to appear in advanced positions on the major search engines. Often described as a dark art, SEO companies often don’t do the service...
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What is Responsive Web Design?
If you are in the market for a new website, then chances are your web design agency will ask you if you would like to consider having it made using Responsive Web Design. Responsive Web Design or RWD...
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We’ve Voted – Have You?
The Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice is one of Ascensor’s nominated charities, we provide fully inclusive web design services to support their fundraising efforts in generating enough…
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Going Local – Book Today!
As part of Kirklees Business Week, Ascensor’s MD Andrew Firth will be hosting a 30 minute seminar called Going Local: Getting ahead on Google Places. The seminar takes place on Wednesday 26th September...
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The Hilly Half Marathon
Are you feeling fit? Well we are, and so we have 2 teams taking part in Huddersfield’s Hilly Half Marathon on Sunday 7th October 2012. The event, created to raise money for the Forget Me Not Children’s...
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Brand Yorkshire Conference – Stand 55
Ascensor are exhibiting at the forthcoming Brand Yorkshire Conference at the Harrogate Pavillions on the 3rd October 2012. This will be the third annual conference; each year has seen more exhibitors,...
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New Team Members – Leeds
After a long search we are pleased to welcome 2 new additions to our bustling production department, and we are sure they will both hit the ground running. Ben and Alan both join our Creative Web...
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Kirklees Business Week
Ascensor are supporting Kirklees Business Week, a week-long series of events to bring together local businesses. Starting on Monday 24th September, the week includes 4 days of educational seminars...
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Social Media for Business
If you are not using social media in your business yet then have you asked yourself why? The most common reasons why business owners are have not considered social media generally include lack of...
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PDR Property Solutions
PDR Property Solutions website went live in September and is already receiving some excellent feedback, including upcoming editorial in the Sunday Times newspaper. PDR provide an opportunity for...
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1 week, 2 exhibitions
We’ve had a very busy week or so out on the road and have met many of our Yorkshire based clients and also some great new prospects. We kicked off with Kirklees Business Week – the first of its kind…
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Huddersfield Hilly Half Marathon
Yesterday hundreds of runners from across the region took part in the Huddersfield Hilly Half Marathon sponsored by Prohms and Sandal BMW, raising money for the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice. This was…
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Don’t Make Me Think
Don’t Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability is a book by Steve Krug that every website owner should read! The book first published in 2000, with a second edition in 2005, is possibly...
View ArticleWho, What, Why, When
What are we talking about here? Are you listening? Your customers are and so if you plan the who, what, why and when to your messages, you’ll get your social media right! Here are our top tips on...
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Maximising youTube for Business
youTube is not only a video network, it is a social network, it is a search engine and it is also an excellent digital marketing tool and if used effectively can be a great promotional tool for your...
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The Business Show 2012
Ascensor are exhibiting at The Business Show 2012 on the 22nd and 23rd November. This will be the third successive exhibition that we have done with Prysm following on from the Business…
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New Team Members – Leeds
We are really pleased to welcome two new colleagues into the Ascensor team. Sarah joins Ascensor as Marketing Manager. After a long search for the best candidate we are really excited about having...
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YCCAA Ceremony 2012
Ascensor are proud to have supported the Yorkshire Children of Courage and Achievement Awards for its second year, providing on-going digital and website assistance throughout the nominations process....
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Google Goes Gaga
No one can doubt Google’s influence in the digital world. More than any other brand they have changed how we use the Internet. Yet trouble has been brewing this month for the global mega-company....
View ArticleHappy Birthday Ascensor!
Today Ascensor is five years old, in business terms it’s our Chocolate anniversary! In the build-up to our birthday we have been busy working with the team to plan the next five years and by the end of...
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The Great British Business Show 2012
We had a great time down at The Great British Business Show last week, our last exhibition of the year. The two day event held at Olympia had an impressive turnout. We managed to catch up with some…
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Social Accountability
As social media usage continues to become more and more ingrained into our everyday lives and conversational activities, it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between opinion and libellous talk....
View ArticleGoing Local: Getting Ahead on Google Places
Google Places became Google+ Local this year to provide business with a social network that runs in parallel with the Google+ network and the other Google services. Most of our purchases and services...
View Article2012 Online Retail Statistics
Despite the economic climate, the online sales channel had another record year in 2012 as consumers turned to the internet to buy more and more of their products. With Christmas just behind us, online...
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Responsive Web Design
Last year we posted a blog piece about Responsive Web Design (RWD) explaining what it is, if you want to take another look at that post click here. At the end of the blog we predicted RWD would…
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One Good Thing
Last week one of our nominated charities Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice launched their latest campaign, encouraging everybody to do One Good Thing in 2013. The idea behind the One Good Thing campaign...
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Good News for Ecommerce
Now five years into the UK financial crisis, the light at the end of the tunnel is still very faint for most but one area of sustained growth during this period has been the Ecommerce sector, now...
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Analytics Basics – What to focus on!
One of the key elements to running a successful website is learning how to read the analytics. All websites should have an analytics package installed as standard, whether that is the free Google...
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Going Local Seminar – Book today!
In March we are supporting Wakefield Business Week! Starting on Monday 18th March, Wakefield Business Week is a week-long series of events held in and around Wakefield. The events are an excellent...
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